Borges Got Screwed!

It was largely a forgettable morning, dominated by Jon Meterparel, who increasingly has become the third co-host on the program and not just the flashboy. This isn’t a positive development.

One segment, shortly after 7:20 this morning, was noteworthy however. Dickerson teased Borges about the suspension issue at the Globe, and then said that Borges “got screwed” in the whole incident. Borges agreed.

They were talking about Asante Samuel returning to the Patriots as the Franchise tagged player after sitting out the first month of camp. Here’s the transcript:

Borges: Hey Walter Jones did this three years in a row, it didn’t seem to bother him one bit, he kept going to the Pro Bowl

Meterparel: It’s always back to Seattle for you, isn’t it?

(laughter)

Dickerson: it’s funny you say that Ron, I remember listening to a sports radio show out on K…KIRO radio in Seattle and I heard Mike Sando say the exact same thing.

Borges: Did you really…

Dickerson: I’m sorry…

Borges: Who’s he?

Meterparel: Ron, you’re never going to live that one down, admit it.

Dickerson: I’m sorry…

Meterparel: Some of us all have..

Dickerson: I hate to admit this, because I like you, actually because I don’t like you…but you got screwed…but I’ll leave it…

Borges: I did get screwed.

Meterparel: Railroaded.

Dickerson: I’m still going to make fun of you, because…that’s what we do on this radio station.

Borges: That’s all right – you can laugh at it, because you know, when you know the truth, you can laugh at it.

So there you have it. Ron Borges got screwed. He didn’t plagiarize – he is the victim. There’s got to be an upcoming lawsuit against the Globe, right?

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